Washing-machine.



No. '722,169- PATENTED MAR. 3,V 1903. F. WARBRTTON.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED Nov.17, 1902.

PATENTEBD MAR. 3, 1903.

'I'. WARBR'ITTON. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.'17, 1902. No MODEL. a SHEETS-SHEET 2.

No. 722,169. PATENTED MAR. va, 190s.

P. WA'RBRITTUN.

WASHING. MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILEDIOV. 17, 1002. H0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3;

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FELIX VARBRITTON, OF ATTICA, INDIANA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,169, dated March 3, 1903. Application filed November 17, 1902. Serial No. 131,702. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX W ARBRITTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attica, in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in washing-machines of the agitator type,in which the water is forced through the clothes as they are raised and lowered on a rack by suitable lever-operated mechanism, means being provided forholding the clothes down while the rack is being raised, which forces the Water out of the clothes, and by thus agitating the Water and clothes the latter will be thoroughly cleansed without rubbing.

The invention consists, further, in the provision of a washing-machine having various details of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and then specically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which drawings similar letters of reference marked thereon form a part of this application, and in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view through my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken at right angles to the section Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail of the lever-operated plunger. Fig. e is a sectional vievv taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 6, the rack being removed from the machine. Fig. 5 is a detail of a stationary rack which is held to the body of the machine and against which the clothes are thrown. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the washer.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the body of the machine, which may be of any suitable shape, and B designates a clothes-holding rack made of such a shape as to readily enter the body portion of the machine and is provided with two wings B' on opposite sides of the rack, these wings being made either of single boards or of boards'tted tightly together for the purpose of forcing the water underneath same toward the center of the machine and up through the clothes as the rack is -thrown down by a lever mechanism about to be described. Cross-pieces C are fastened to said wings and also to the standards D in order to strengthen the same, and connecting tlie upper ends of said standards is a cross-piece D', from which rises a post E, which passes through an aperture in the removable cover F. Said cover F is shown as fastened-to the'upper edges of the body portion l' ofv the machine by means of thumbscrews, making the same readily removable when it is desired to withdraw the rack from the Washer. rIhe cover extends over only a portion of the washingmachine, leaving lsufficient space on either side for putting in and taking out the clothes. To said cover are fastened eyes G, which are connected to the eyes G', fastened to the block I-I, which in turn is connected to one end of the lever I'by means of screw-eyes or eyebolts, said lever being fulcrumed on a pin J, carried atthe upper end of said post. The 1ever is shown as having an aperture through which the upper end of the post passes. Secured to the standards D are transverselydisposed strips K, corresponding ends of which support a solid wing K', which is positioned directly over one of said Wings B', but at asuitable distance above the same, said wing K' serving as a plunger to force water through the clothes as said wing is lowered. The opposite longitudinal sides of said rack are provided with apertures L, and the bottom of the rack is of open-mesh work to allow water to readily pass through the same as the rack is raised and lowered. On one side of the rack is an inclined Way having inclined strips M, spaced apart and down which clothes are adapted to be passed as they are placed in the machine.

Mounted in notches N, formed in the upper edges of the cut-away portions A' A', Fig. 6, in two of the opposite side Walls of the body of the washing-machine for the purpose of supporting the cross-pieces carrying a pin- IOO holding board at a suitable position within the machine, are the cross-pieces O O, which are held in place by any suitable fastening means, as by hooks P, engaging over the ends of said cross-pieces. These pieces O support a pin-carrying board R, having pins Rf eX- tending downward from the. under surface thereof and provided for the purpose of holding the clothes from being elevated as the rack raises the same from the Water, at the same time causing the Waterto be forced out of the clothes.

In operation Water is placed in the machine and the clothes pushed down the inclined Way onto the rack, and by raising and lowering the lever it will be observed that the rack Will draw the clothes through the water. The free ends of the pins fastened to the stationary board will prevent the clothes from being raised beyond the ends of said pins, while the rack will force the same against the pins, squeezing the water from the clothes. On

the downward thrust of the lever the Wings projecting from the rack will force the water immediately beneath the wings up through the bottom of the rack and about the clothes, causing a violent agitation of the water,which will have a tendency to thoroughly cleanse the clothes Without the wear incident to rubloing-machines.

While I have shown the particular construction of washer illustrated, I may make alterations in the detailed construction of the machine Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A Washing-machine comprising in combination with the body portion of the machine a rack having an open-mesh-Work bottom and sides With perforations therein, solid wings projecting from the opposite sides of the rack, an inclined way on one side of the rack, a board having downwardly-projecting pins, cross-pieces fastened to said board, and supported on the walls of the machine and means for raising and lowering the rack, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

y FELIX WARBRITTON.

Witnesses:

J. O. HEGLER, JOHN VAN REED. 

